Research and analysis

Children’s services: spending and delivery

Research about local authority spending on children’s services over the last Parliament and related service adaptations.

• From: Department for Education
• Published: 6 July 2016
• Last updated: 28 November 2017 — See all updates

Applies to England

Documents

Children's services: spending and delivery July 2016

Ref: ISBN 978-1-78105-562-5, DFE-RR490

PDF, 3.85 MB, 68 pages

Children's services spending update November 2017

Ref: ISBN 978-1-78105-800-8, DFE-RR729

PDF, 337 KB, 30 pages

Children's services spending November 2017

ODS, 1.54 MB

This file is in an OpenDocument format

Children's services spending November 2017

MS Excel Spreadsheet, 3.41 MB

Details

Research project by Aldaba and the Early Intervention Foundation, based on a combination of quantitative and qualitative research.

The project included:

• statistical analysis of information on spending by local councils
• statistical analysis of the number of children in need and looked-after children
• qualitative interviews with over 50 officials across 17 local councils in England between September and October 2015

The November 2017 research update from Aldaba includes:

• statistical analysis of information on spending by local councils
• statistical analysis of the number of children in need and looked-after children
• updated information for 2014 to 2015 and 2015 to 2016

Published 6 July 2016
Last updated 28 November 2017 + show all updates

1. 28 November 2017

   Update report and spreadsheets showing local authority spending added.

2. 6 July 2016

   First published.